Recently bought a 2006 Tacoma PreRunner TR5 (84K mileage). It was a leased vehicle, one owner. Great vehicle but for a vibration while accelerating from about 20 mph on up. It coasts smooth at any speed. I've read other posts here about vibration issues and it seems this is a fairly common problem. The truck has not been modified with suspension mods, etc. Tires are Michelin LTX m/s. No evidence of uneven wear. No off road abuse. Any suggestions or recommendations?

i recently noticed a vibration accelerating and breaking... its more when i accelerate with a slightly heave foot... but as soon as it reaches like 20mph it goes away.... i looked underneath and its not the transmission leak as mentioned above... could it be something to do with the drive shaft maybe ?? i had a 5 series and it would do the same and with time it got worst ... comes out it needed a new drive shaft .... ASGARD any news from the mechanic on what it was for your truck ?

^^ Yes, it turned out to be the front u-joint. The transmission leak doesn't cause the vibration, it is just a leak but you have to take down the driveshaft to fix both problems. A bad u-joint causes the vibration, you have 3 on the Tacoma.

Highky unlikely it's the shaft. As Asgard said, have you had the tires balanced lately? A bad u-joint can cause pretty bad vibs.

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no the tries were balanced last about 5000 miles ago ... i will get that done first and see if there is any change if not the i will go further ... just dont want it to turn out to be something bad if i can catch it in an early stage.... itll be great